Emily Dickinson Lexicon

wave (-s), n. [OE wafian, undulate.] (webplay: away, beckon, billows, claim, going, loosely, purple, smallest, still, swell, thrown, water, way, wind).

1. Moving swell or volume of water, raised and driven by wind; [fig.] something resembling a moving swell of water.
2. Sea; ocean waters.